Chapter 50 It's called Baked Cakes
Koto.
Sun Ce found several chefs for Lin Chuan, who are relatively famous chefs in the Jiangdong region.
Lin Chuan asked them to find some wheat and grind it into flour.
By the way, I found a large vat with some water in it, plus a little salt and oil.
Put the finished dough in a large vat and close it well. Cover it completely with other dried flour, seal it, and wait for him to ferment.
When this is done, save a little fermented noodles and save them, and the second time you use them, you will use the little noodles left for the first time as yeast and as the second time you quickly ferment flour, and keep some of them every time you make them, and that's it, and the cycle goes on and on!
Lin Chuan thought so and was ready to do so.
It can be said that the idea is very good, and it depends on whether this success is successful.
There is still a lot of wheat here, but it is rarely used for food.
The people here made wheat into food for livestock, cattle and horses.
It can be said that it is a bit wasteful, this is the result of Lin Chuan's inspection last night.
As for last night's question, how can I eat enough, it must be bread, the portion is sufficient, and the tube is full.
In fact, Lin Chuan is not very sure in his heart, it is still unclear how to operate it, everything has to be experimented by himself, fortunately, it is not difficult to make cakes.
The main thing is that the fermentation of flour is a problem, and the second is how to grind the flour to get more flour.
Ay!
In fact, Lin Chuan only knows that in a sealed environment, yeast is easy to develop.
The flour will be allowed to ferment and ferment well, and then you can make some yakiniku. The first step is more difficult, but the rest will be much easier.
Now it's up to you to see the results, and it's about 40 minutes or so.
In Lin Chuan's memory, in the history of the development of military rations in ancient times, there was an ace military rations that always occupied the top spot in the military rations industry.
Here it is – Xiaomi. Millet, also known as corn, has a relatively stable output, but there is no one in the Koto region.
Lin Chuan actually wanted to use millet, after all, the output was considerable and the amount was large.
As long as there is a development technology in the later stage of wheat, it will be much better, but with the current technology, fermentation is a difficult problem.
If this problem is solved, there is basically no big problem in the future.
Lin Chuan also learned about it through these chefs.
The yield of rice and wheat in Jiangdong is still considerable, but it is still far from being able to meet people's daily needs.
During this period, rice cultivation was not widely cultivated, and people did not have enough to eat, let alone levy a large area for military rations.
As far as Lin Chuan knows. The output of corn is stable and reliable, the output is large, and every household can have surplus grain to collect, which can be said to be the pillar of the grain industry.
It's a transitional ration.
In addition, corn has a long shelf life, and corn is naturally used as a material for military rations.
However, one of the huge drawbacks of corn is that it is not eaten. The first thing about military rations is to ensure that soldiers have sufficient physical strength.
Moreover, not only people eat it, but corn is eaten by people and horses in the army, and war horses must also be eaten, so the demand for military food in a war is very huge. However, wars tend to be fought on the front lines, with food being transported in the rear.
Now transportation is not well developed.
Lin Chuan made a preliminary calculation, ten truckloads of grain transported to the front line, counting the loss on the road, there may be only three trucks left, therefore, in the period of frequent wars, it is a huge test for reserves, and it is easy to cause excessive forced labor for the people, and the people are not able to make a living. With such a huge expense, the troops will definitely not be able to afford it.
After that, wheat began to occupy an absolute position in the military rations, mainly under the influence of the nomads, who grinded wheat into flour and made flatbread as military rations. This kind of military food is easy to carry, not easy to spoil, and it is high in calories, easy to feel full, and not easy to starve.
In terms of military rations, the food of the ancient low-level soldiers was very monotonous and lacked nutrition, even so, they still fought bravely on the battlefield to defend their homes and the country, which is worthy of our tribute to them.
Lin Chuan was thinking about the history of the development of military rations, while waiting for the fermentation of flour dumplings in the vat.
This knowledge was popularized by him before in order to better play the Three Kingdoms game. It can be said that it is still very useful.
It's still good to use Xiaomi in the early stage, but it's not here.
As long as wheat solves the problem of fermentation, it is not a big problem.
Soon forty minutes passed, and Lin Chuan hurriedly opened the lid on the vat, as well as the cloth.
I saw that the flour dough was swollen very much, and Lin Chuan touched it.
It's a little rough, but you can't go wrong, that's what it looks like.
Fermentation is complete.
Lin Chuan was very happy at this time, but he didn't expect it to be a one-time success. I'm going to have to find a bigger, warmer room.
He turned to the chefs.
"Find a bigger pot, let's eat the kang cakes."
In fact, since the chefs came here, they were very confused, looking at this Dean Lin, they first asked them to pound the wheat and grind it into flour.
Then it was crumpled and placed in a large vat and waited for forty minutes.
Now Kang, they are very puzzled and surprised.
Soon everything was ready.
Lin Chuan first sprinkled oil around the pot, then pulled out a flour ball, kneaded it into a cake shape, and stuck it on top.
And all the people began to move their hands, and put bread around the pot.
Soon the temperature rises, and the scent is not as good as expected.
There was only a faint smell of burning.
Soon Lin Chuan picked up a piece and ate it.
It's edible, but it doesn't taste good.
Said to the chefs.
"You guys also taste it, see what to add, this flour dumpling, the fermentation is not very successful, you see how to make it."
One of the chefs said after taking a sip.
"I thought I could add some eggs and some leaves. It can improve the taste. ”
One of the chefs said.
"This cake looks amazing, it's easy to carry, and it's going to take a long time, so I think we'll have to grind this wheat a little bit finer, and it might taste a little better."
Said one of the chefs.
"Let's try frying it in oil, maybe it's better. In the case of kang, it may be better to use that kind of clay pot. ”
Soon, a group of chefs expressed their opinions, varied.
For them, this wheat cake was so amazing that it instantly opened their minds.
Sure enough, foodies transcend time and space, and span time.
Lin Chuan also introduced to them how to better grind the wheat a little finer and grind it better.
One is: grind the wheat finely with a stone mill and sieve it.
The second is: after using a stone mortar to scoop fine, through a sieve.
And then I gave them the time. What to do depends on the performance of these chefs.
Lin Chuan just needs to wait for the result now.
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The next day, noon.
Sun Ce was looking at the cake-shaped food on the table at this time, stunned.
What kind of food is this, I took a bite in confusion.
Immediately, his eyes were heavy, and he picked up another piece and ate it.
Fragrant, so fragrant!
Ate three in one go.
Turning his head to Lin Chuan and asked.
"Brother Lin, you invented it."
Lin Chuan nodded and said with a smile.
"Yes, it tastes okay."
In fact, Lin Chuan didn't feel too much, mainly because he had eaten too much in his previous life, and now he always feels that he is almost something.
But the people here love to eat this. Well, let's just say that the food is too amazing.
It satisfies the taste of the public.
This is Sun Ce hurriedly asked.
"What is this called, can it be used as military rations?"
"How long is it stored?"
Hearing Sun Ce ask two questions in a row, Lin Chuan thought for a while and said.
"This is called baked cakes, and they are used as military rations."
"As for the storage time, it may be very long, longer than the average military ration time."
"And the use of materials is very small, it can be promoted, but now the main problem is flour."
"We can't mass produce it, so we need to invest more people."
Sun Ce thought for a moment and said.
"I'll arrange the manpower matter, Brother Lin doesn't have to worry, now, we can save more people."
At this time, Sun Ce bowed to Lin Chuan and said.
"Brother Lin is really talented, he has solved the food problem for the people of Yuzhou and Jiangdong, and I will bow to you here."
Lin Chuan hurriedly helped Sun Ce up and said.
"Young Master Sun, it doesn't have to be like this, this is what I should do, it is also my glory to be able to seek more benefits for the people."
Soon, the practice of baking cakes spread, and for a while, there was a scramble for wheat in various places. Price limits soar.
Fortunately, the princes from all walks of life instantly pushed down the price.
Wheat can now be said to be used to save people, and there is a food shortage everywhere.
Now there is a brand new food, and the ingredients are easy to obtain and easy to make.
Therefore, at this time, it is difficult to make a fortune.
When these princes learned that this was also the dean Lin's masterpiece.
It's no longer so surprised, it seems to have gotten used to it.